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Each person or entity holding a license, certificate, or other permit evidencing qualification in a professional, mechanical, or other skill and responding to a request from a requesting political subdivision shall, while providing assistance during a declared emergency or during an authorized drill or exercise, be considered to be licensed, certified, or permitted in the requesting political subdivision, except as limited by the chief executive officer of the requesting political subdivision. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2a-309
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Law enforcement officer: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-13-103. See Utah Code 53-1-102
- Officer: means a person who is elected or appointed to an office or position within a political subdivision. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Political subdivision: means the same as that term is defined in Section 11-61-102. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
- Requesting political subdivision: means a participating political subdivision that requests emergency assistance under Section 53-2a-207 from one or more other participating political subdivisions. See Utah Code 53-2a-302
- Responding political subdivision: means a participating political subdivision that responds to a request under Section 53-2a-307 from a requesting political subdivision. See Utah Code 53-2a-302
- State: means the state of Utah. See Utah Code 53-2a-302
- State of emergency: means a condition in any part of this state that requires state government emergency assistance to supplement the local efforts of the affected political subdivision to save lives and to protect property, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of a disaster, or to avoid or reduce the threat of a disaster. See Utah Code 53-2a-102
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Each law enforcement officer rendering aid as provided in this part under the authority of a state of emergency declared by the governor, whether inside or outside the officer’s jurisdiction, has all law enforcement powers and the same privileges and immunities that the officer has in the officer’s own jurisdiction. |
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Each employee of a responding political subdivision responding to a request by or giving assistance to a requesting political subdivision or the state as provided in this part:
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is entitled to:
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all applicable workers compensation benefits for injury or death occurring as a result of the employee’s participation in the response or assistance; and |
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any additional state or federal benefits available for line of duty injury or death; and |
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is, for purposes of liability, considered to be an employee of the requesting political subdivision. |
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Each responding political subdivision and its employees are immune from liability arising out of their actions in responding to a request from a requesting political subdivision to the extent provided in Section 63G-7-201. |
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 295, 2013 General Session
